Letter from Immigration Commissioner Regarding Female Inspectors
5/8/1903
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In this letter, U.S. Immigration Service Commissioner William Williams recommended an end to the female boarding inspectors program. It comes from a file about "boarding matrons" at Ellis Island from 1903–1909.
This document was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2014 Summer Workshop in Washington, DC.
This document was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2014 Summer Workshop in Washington, DC.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
National Archives Identifier: 16476538
Full Citation: Letter from U.S. Immigration Service Commissioner William Williams to the Commissioner General of Immigration Regarding Female Boarding Inspectors at Ellis Island; 5/8/1903; 52541/041A; Reports of Boarding Matrons, Ellis Island, 1903 - 1909; Subject and Policy Files, 1893 - 1957; Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85; National Archives at Washington, D.C.. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/letter-immigration-commissioner-regarding-female-inspectors, April 24, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.